Quote (Eek @ Sep 27 2010 11:54pm)

Love the concept. But the glass is crooked.

Quote (lithfkn @ Sep 28 2010 01:09am)

Hmm... I get the conecpt and it's not bad dude.

Needs a lot more attention to detail. A few things...

Move the light source further back from the back ground

Move the back ground paper back or use smoother stuff, the gradient is too sharp.

Straighten the glass.

The specular highlights on the front of the glass aren't very well controlled.

I'll draw a picture of the type of set I used to make for shots like these. Give us a few mins.

Quote (lithfkn @ Sep 28 2010 12:09am)

Hmm... I get the conecpt and it's not bad dude.

Needs a lot more attention to detail. A few things...

Move the light source further back from the back ground

Move the back ground paper back or use smoother stuff, the gradient is too sharp.

Straighten the glass.

The specular highlights on the front of the glass aren't very well controlled.

I'll draw a picture of the type of set I used to make for shots like these. Give us a few mins.

Quote (Eek @ Sep 28 2010 03:12pm)

Wouldn't the highlights be hard to control without softboxes? Maybe a few pieces of white foam board?

Quote (kratos @ Sep 28 2010 03:20pm)

I know what you mean, I'm a bit cramped for space where I was shooting, I couldn't move myself back and farther and the only way I could move the setup was towards the wall more. The highlights on the glass are from the flash having to be directly under the glass. I just make a big softbox today and I didn't think of using it for this, though it will be a bit difficult to actually do the drop inside the softbox.

Quote (lithfkn @ Sep 28 2010 12:39am)

To begin with, the easiest light source to control would be tungsten spot and flood lights using tracing paper to soften the light and cutters to control where it spills. Jumping straight into flash will just irritate a beginner when it comes to lighting glass. It was one of the hardest things I shot at uni. Unlucky that it was all on 4x5 film too :/



http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b252/mustangnicko/Untitled-1-1.jpg

Sorry for the shitty pic, I had to quickly draw it. I don't have a lot of time because I'm at work but that is a tried and proved basic setup for rimlight lighting on glasses (sexy shit)

Meter the back ground for black.

In between the light source and the glass, use tracing paper to diffuse the light and black pieces of card to cut into it to shape the outline of the glass and create highlights.

It's all about control. Get rid of the flash. You won't be able to control a little speedlight. Get some tungsten flood/spotlights. Just change the white balance to tungsten or shoot raw. Easy stuff and much easier to control.

PS. I drew it like it was a 4x5 camera, my bad.